Hallett Materials, Inc. · Struck against a moving object
Customer truck made a turn to back into pile and did not look both ways before moving into traffic road on site and ran into the water truck.
Hempstead Plant Metal/Non-Metal
Viking Aggregates
· Surface
Controlled by
Rasmussen Group Inc
Hempstead,
Austin County,
TX
·
Active
MSHA Mine ID: 4105593
Hempstead Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.
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- Fatalities
- 0
- Total incidents
- 4
- Years on record
- 2022–2025
- Latest incident
- Sep 2025
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2021
29
citations
4
significant & substantial
$4,894
proposed penalties
$4,894
paid to date
100% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $0 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2021
13
inspections on record
192
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
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This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.Rate withheld: 192 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.
Hempstead Plant has $5K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 1 contested dockets.
Penalty disposition
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Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.$5K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
28 assessments are final orders; 1 contested dockets.
As of the most recent assessment on 2025-11-25.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
See also
the operator's enforcement record
Quarterly safety rates
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Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Q4 | 9,098 | 1 | 0 | 109.9 |
| 2025 Q3 | 6,866 | 3 | 0 | 436.9 |
| 2025 Q2 | 6,862 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2025 Q1 | 7,827 | 2 | 0 | 255.5 |
| 2024 Q4 | 8,852 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q3 | 10,525 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2024 Q2 | 11,323 | 3 | 2 | 264.9 |
| 2024 Q1 | 10,934 | 1 | 0 | 91.5 |
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| Quarter | Hours worked | Citations | S&S | Per 1M hrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Q4 | 10,632 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q3 | 10,640 | 1 | 0 | 94.0 |
| 2023 Q2 | 8,932 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2023 Q1 | 7,243 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q4 | 7,122 | 1 | 0 | 140.4 |
| 2022 Q3 | 6,677 | 7 | 1 | 1048.4 |
| 2022 Q2 | 7,037 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2022 Q1 | 5,872 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2021 Q4 | 6,203 | 9 | 1 | 1450.9 |
No fatalities recorded at this mine.
Reportable incidents
4 on file2025 · 2 incidents
Hallett Materials, Inc. · Over-exertion in wielding or throwing objects
Enclosed space with limited movement lifting and installing liners in velocity box. Lifting panels, oxygen bottles and using sledgehammer.
2024 · 1 incident
November 13, 2024
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
dryer operator, kiln operator, dry plant operator, fluid operator, bed dryer operator
MACHINERY
Hallett Materials, Inc. · Contact with hot objects or substances
While welding the bucket pin on the John Deere 844 wheel loader, a piece of slag dropped down, burnt through employee's jeans and went into their boot burning their foot.
2022 · 1 incident
June 3, 2022
TX · Metal/Non-Metal
laborer, blacksmith, bull gang, parts runner, roustabout, pick-up man, pitman
MACHINERY
Hallett Materials, Inc. · Struck by... (Not Elsewhere Classified)
Employee was working around hand grinder and got two pieces of metal in EE's eye. Employee was wearing all PPE. Glasses and face mask were being used. Employee thought metal got into eye when EE was finished and wiped away sweat from EE's brow.
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